Can automator be setup to delete duplicate photos?

I accidentally imported my iPhoto library twice! I would love for automator to be able to identify files of the same name & delete one copy. Any ideas with or without using Automator?

You'd have to write a good deal of code to accomplish that. iPhoto will try to weed out duplicates on import if you tell it to, however.

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    TD

  • Where can I find how to delete duplicate photos without manually deleting one at a time?  Photos were duplicated when I did a sync with my phone and iPad.  Thanks.

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    ttp://www.fatcatsoftware.com/comments/announcing_powerphotos
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  • Organizing and deleting Duplicate Photos in iPhoto library?

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  • How can I delete duplicate photos on iCloud from my iPhone 6

    HOw can I delete duplicate photos on icloud?

    Hello 8153421300,
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  • How can I find and delete duplicate photos?

    How can I find and delete duplicate photos in iPhoto 2011?

    Duplicate Annihalitor - http://brattoo.com/propaganda/ - or Decloner - http://www.pixelespressoapps.com/decloner/
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  • When I got my new macbook air, apple downloaded my photos on my new laptop from my old laptop, but now i have duplicates photos because when I started icloud, I got duplicates.  How can I delete duplicate photos?

    when I got my new macbook air, apple downloaded my photos on my new laptop from my old laptop, but now i have duplicates photos because when I started icloud, I got duplicates.  How can I delete duplicate photos?

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  • How can i delete duplicates photos in iPhoto without doing it one by one? Thx

    how can i delete duplicates photos in iPhoto without doing it one by one? Thx

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    Duplicate Annihilator - $7.95 - only app able to detect duplicate thumbnail files or faces files when an iPhoto 8 or earlier library has been imported into another.
    PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
    DeCloner - $19.95 - can find duplicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
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    iPhoto AppleScript to Remove Duplicates - Free
    PhotoDedupo - $4.99 (App Store) -  this app has a "similar" search feature which is like PhotoSweeper's bitmap comparison.  It found all duplicates
    Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free - was able to recognize the duplicated HDR and normal files from an iPhone shooting in HDR
    Some users have reported that PhotoSweeper did the best in finding all of the dups in their library: iphoto has duplicated many photos, how...: Apple Support Communities.
    If you have an iPhone and have it set to keep the normal photo when shooting HDR photos the two image files that are created will be duplicates in a manner of speaking (same image) but the only duplicate finder app that detected the iPhone HDR and normal photos as being duplicates was PhotoSweeper.  None of the other apps detected those two files as being duplicates as they look for file name as well as other attributes and the two files from the iPhone have different file names.
    iPLM, however, is the best all around iPhoto utility as it can do so much more than just find duplicates.  IMO it's a must have tool if using iPhoto.
    OT

  • How can I easily delete duplicate photos- it appears several events have duplicate photos

    how can I easily delete duplicate photos from events- it appears several events are dupicated

    I am responding to your reply to davidfrommonterey (Jul9,2011).  To quote: "If these are seen in iPhoto it would be good to figure out how they got there since it is typical that iPhoto will not import duplicates.
    LarryHN wrote:
    If these are seen in iPhoto it would be good to figure out how they got there since it is typical that iPhoto will not import duplicates
    Duplicate annihilator is a good tool for finding duplicates - http://www.brattoo.com/propaganda/
    If you are seeing them in the finder then don't - you should never go into the iPhoto library using the finder
    LN
    I have a similar problem.  My point is my photos are not importing as duplicates, they are  duplicating and moving  from one album to another, sometimes bumping the contents of said  folder to another location.  I cannot find a logical explanation.  I tried the trial version of Duplicate Annihilator, but that was a bust since it could locate only five (5) dups.  Any suggestions?          BRENDA Sfrom Charleston

  • How can I identify and delete duplicate photos

    is there a way to identify and delete duplicate photo's in I photo?

    No one is suggesting that you download third party "crap". What was suggested is that you download a well established and supported 3rd party application. As to why there isn't a "'delete your stupid duplicate photo' option", you'll need to ask Apple that. Apple aren't here. This forum is for Users to help other Users. As to why you import stupid photos, you'll need to ask yourself.
    Regards
    TD

  • How do you delete duplicate photos in the photo section of your iPad?

    How do you delete duplicate photos in the photo section of your iPad?  My iPad has duplicated n tripled my photos n want let me delete them.  I can delete photos from any other section but not in photos, this is taken up all my memory. Help!!

    The links below have instructions for deleting photos.
    iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
    iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App
    http://ipadacademy.com/2011/08/ipad-tip-how-to-delete-photos-from-your-ipad-in-t he-photos-app
    Another Way to Quickly Delete Photos from Your iPad (Mac Only)
    http://ipadacademy.com/2011/09/another-way-to-quickly-delete-photos-from-your-ip ad-mac-only
    How to Delete Photos from iPad
    http://www.wondershare.com/apple-idevice/how-to-delete-photos-from-ipad.html
    How to: Batch Delete Photos on the iPad
    http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2010/how-batch-delete-photos-ipad
    (With iOS 5.1, use 2 fingers)
    How to Delete Photos from iCloud’s Photo Stream
    http://www.cultofmac.com/124235/how-to-delete-photos-from-iclouds-photo-stream/
     Cheers, Tom

  • I am trying to delete duplicate photos from events in i=-photo but it deletes the photos entirely from all events including the one I want to keep.  How do I keep the original and delete the duplicates?

    I am trying to delete duplicate photos fron my events in i-photo but it deltes the photo entirely from all events.  How do I keep them in the original events and delte the duplicates without sending them all to the trash?

    Are you referring to Events or Albums?  A photo can exist in one Event only.  However, it can be in multiple albums, books, etc., which uses pointers to the original photo in the Event.  In those cases if you delete the photo from the Event all occurrences of it will be deleted from the library.
    OT

  • How to delete duplicate photos on iPad4?

    How can I find and delete duplicate photos from iPad4?

    What do you mean?
    Do you have duplicates in one album? If so how did that album get on the iPod?
    If yo mean yo have them in different albums then what specific albums and how did those albums get on the iPod?

  • Do you know of a simple way of sorting and deleting duplicate photos on  aperture

    Hi , Do you know of a simple way of sorting and then deleting duplicate photos on Apeture.
    Thanks Phil

    There is no simple way. The best strategy really is to take care not to import duplicates.
    What is your Aperture 3 version?
    What kind of duplicates are you asking about? 
    If you imported exactly the same file multiple times, sorting your images in the Finder by filename or creation date will display them side by side.
    If you have diferently sized versions of the same image, edited versions, or versions converted to a different format, then sorting by creation date will not help; you might try to sort by capture date, but that may fail, if there were different imezone settings when you imported the images.
    You could also sort be filename, if you did not rename the images on import.
    If you renamed your versions, adjusted the date, modified the file properties by writing to the original files, try to sort by other tages - faces, location, keywords.
    There are some helper applications to scan your Aperture library and tag duplicates: (I have not really tested any of them)
    Duplicate Annihilator (Mac) - Download  good to detect accidentally imported thumbnails
    http://photosweeper.en.softonic.com/mac  : This app can actually detect edited duplicates based on statistic measures and histogram similarity.
    Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free

  • HT5043 How to delete duplicate photos

    how to delete duplicate photos in iphoto

    iPhoto has no built-in duplicate detector. You can spot duplicates by sorting your photos by title or date, or use third-party applications like iPhoto Library Manager, Duplicate Annihilator, Photo Sweeper.
    Old Toad has published a great list of apps that can screen your iPhoto Library for duplicates, see this link:
    Re: How can I search for duplicate photos in iPhoto libraries?
    My favourite is Photo Sweeper, because it lets me stay in control of what will be deleted, shows all metadata, lets me define the criteria for marking duplicates, and can recognise duplicates of different sizes, based on histograms or pixel maps.  PhotoSweeper

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